DigiTech RP-100

VERY easy to use. I was editing patches the day I got it out of the box. there are some things you NEED in patches (ie noise gate) however.

I'm not all tha familiar with some of the amp models, I only use 2 or 3 (mesas and fenders), but they sound good and have definitely halped me find my sound. in fact, I can have about 3 or 4 sounds that I like. if you don't have the noise gate on, this thing will scream like a castrated howler monkey, especially on the rectifier model.
effefcts sound good enough to my ears, but the wah sucks. not that I care, I never use it.

metal case, still haven't had any problems, and I've had it long enough (bit over a year) that I can gig with it.

I use the patch library from time to time. it's a gold mine. haven't needed to call the company. they make good stuff

it has been a huge help in my playing. with my fuzz pedal, all I got was a wash of noise, so I couldn't tell if I was playing right or even it tune. now I can tell both of those things, and I sound amazing, even if my playing is off. great product.

Three knobs for every parameter: who's complaining ?

I use an Epiphone Les Paul Custom, dramatically enhanced by Seymour Duncans through, until today, a low-budget amp at home (now a Marshall AVT50) and through an older Valvestate at the rehearsal-facility. This is where it gets tricky.....
The RP-100 greatly improved the sound of the cheap buggers amp, no complaints here. Problem was that when I had made some presets at home, the differences in volume were unpredictable when I used them on the Valvestate (=some too loud, others too soft).
Being the proud owner of an AVT50 now, the Digi slightly disappoints me. Even in bypass-mode, nicely routed through the Effects loop, it takes away some of the dynamics of the beautiful clean Marshall sound. The clean sounds CL1 and CL2, or Black Face with not too much gain are not as rich and warm as it comes from the amp right now, so my rating is not as high as it would be yesterday....

Distortion sounds are very usable: Stack (Marshall sound) for rhythm guitar, HiGain for powerful leads, Fuzz for heavy songs... this is okay !

Chorus, tremolo and Vibrato aren't very great, but I don't like those sounds even when they're perfect, so no complaints... Phaser and Flanger are okay.
And for the gimmicks like Auto-Yah: the kids love it, but I'd never use it in a song...

This is where I want to make a point: a lot of reviewers have complained about this, but guys: give it a break ! It's not expensive so it's not top-of-the-bill. Take care then ! Don't kick it and don't throw around with it ! If you're a bit cautious you won't break it.

No problems since there has been no contact.

The advantage in this thing is that there are only two footswitches, so it's small ! I mostly use two, soetimes three sounds in one song and then there are combinations I use for several songs (one clean, one with distortion, one for lead) so I just programmed things in a logic way....
It suits me in this way: it's easy to use, has OK sound and is affordable. Pity of the poorer quality when used with better amps...

After reading the manual just a little bit, you should have a decent idea of how to fuck with it, esp. if you have used an effects processor before and have good knowledge of amp sounds and a good ear. The best thing about this pedal is the depth of the editing for a $99 pedal

I play a beautiful black cherry Ibanez SC420 with dual humbuckers, a Peavey Transtube head, and a 4X12 Marshall cab with Celestion speakers. I put this pedal into the low gain input on the amp, as there is no effects send/return option on it. I dug it for about a month until I jammed with my old band with it. This thing sucks cranked up. After the mistake of using it with the band I played a show with it. You can't get it at a high volume and expect good tone. This thing turned out to be a fucking ripoff unless you're a beginner who just wants to get a feel for an effects processor. You can't even get a believeable metal distortion out of it, esp. if you're as picky about tone as I am. Bottom line is it sounds great quiet, shitty loud. If you're in a band that plays live/practices often, get something else, like a Boss GT-6!!!

Don't depend on it for anything other than quiet practice, DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT use it for a gig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Other than the Digitech whammy pedal, I'm not terribly impressed with Digitech. Boss and Roland has the best multieffetts out there. Save a little money and use a simple setup in the meantime, such as a Boss Metal Zone, DOD Grunge, Marshall Guvnor dist. pedal, along with any boss or DOD chorus box. The only multieffects worse than Digitech are Zooms. Never had to deal with Digitech service people.

I play basically metal/industrial/hard rock, with some bluesy solos thrown in for good taste. Once again, dont mess with this pedal if you are a professional gigging musician. It just sucks. The only thing halfway decent was the control you have over the effects. That's all I have to say. It sucks. Don't buy it.

First let me start with the bad:
The small two digit screen is hard to see at a distance, and remembering what is set on which patch is a pain. To bypass the unit, you need to press both pedals at the same time. Most of the time I ended up pressing the up or down pedal and got screwed up my timing. I don't see why you can only change the 40 user presets, the 40 factory presets are not that good, and are all over the map. No one could possibly use them all, some are twangy and some are 80 rockin, etc..
The good:
The effects are clean, and the pedal is totally quiet. You get a lot of options or parameters to play with (ie: mic placement, eq, etc)

I didn't like the distortions, any of them... The pickup selector seemed like a waste, as did the mic placement feature. Most of the effects are nice, with the exception of the whammy, wah... both useless with out the extra expression pedal. The delays are great, and I also enjoyed the flanger and phasor.

Seemed fine to gig with

never used

I ended up selling the unit off as it was not a good fit for me. I would say go for the RP200, as the expression pedal is needed. I was thinking of getting an A\B switch to avoid the bypass problem, but will just another unit instead.

Fairly easy, quick up and down foot control. Manual is done very well. Problem is there are only 3 or 4 presets that are worth going to, acoustic simulator,number 2, #54, and #75. All others are goofy and quite rediculous. There is virtually no sustain. It does not sound so good with smaller amps, I have a pignose 20 and peavey 60, anything larger I can't comment. Batteries drain quick, about 1 and a half hours it's history. You can use headphones directly bypassing the amp but you can hardly hear it. I should have returned it in the first 45 days.

As I said before, there are only 3 or 4 out of 50 factory presets that sound good. The worst thing is no sustain what so ever. Most of the amp modeling is crap.

It has not broke yet, i have had it 6 months. Get the 9 V adaptor, batteries drain quick.

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I play blues like srv and ry cooder, not good for this type of playing since no sustain. I have been playing for 10 years. I also play metal, MOD, metallica, etc. There are a few factory presets on this that would drive a teen beginner nuts, not bad for crunch metal. Also , 99 dollars , not bad.

Simple to use there are lots of patches at digitechs website,the manual is alright.

I have used the pedal with my custom double humbucker fender strat &
jackson kelly guitars,On several amps Marshall stack,Fender Twin,Yamahas,Stephens etc.It does have a good range of effects no matter what amp I used it still sounded pretty much the same,I still preffer a cheap under $50 distortion pedal I own to it for distotion.The digitech seems to be lacking in that area for me not much extra sustain on it either but am content with other effects it has for the price.

It does drain batteries fast and has freaked out a couple times on me even using ac adapter,It has stopped since dropping it on concrete several times bringing it home from parties and loading it so I guess it's rugged or im just lucky.Always have backups for anything doing gigs.

Range for all styles of music,been practicing since 85 off and on.If it were stollen or lost oh well,I dont think I wuold buy another one.
I like the editing features on it,dislike the fact that you have to have self amplified headphones to hear it and the jack should be 1/4
not 1/8,I wish it had more intricate drum patterns,It does help some effects that are hard to find without a hundred different pedals or stacks.It is a well rounded processor for the price.

I have used other effects units before so this one came fairly easily. Spend a few minutes with the manual and then you are set.

I am using an El Degas Les Paul clone and a Peavy Rage 158. Not much as I tend to play alone at home. The default sounds are ok but with some tweaking you can get pretty much anything you want. I was quickly impressed with the sound through headphones although I wish it could go a bit louder.

A few adjustments were required for me to get the same sounds when plugged into the amp. Nothing major though. I have also used the unit through a Marshall and a Mesa Boogie (friends stuff) and still it provided great sounds - to me anyway. Not sure why some people say that the sound is very thin. Either they have a bad unit or they aren't using it properly. Most musician friends of mine that hear it can't believe I only paid $77 dollars for it!

In the beginning, it "rebooted" itself 2 or 3 times but that was 6 months ago and it hasn't happened since. Other than that it has been great. If I were gigging, I would probably buy a second unit just in case as it costs almost nothing.

Never used it.

I play stuff from Metallica to Ozzy to Floyd to Stevie Ray Vaughn - anything with decent guitar in it. I have found that I can get the sound that I am looking for when I want it. I have found over the years that the guitar you use and how you play will HEAVILY influence the sound you produce regardless of what effects you have. Two people can use the exact same setup but sound different.

Sure I wish that the unit was a bit more flexible in that you could set more parameters... but for $77... C'Mon!! I bought a Roland GP-8 back in '88 for $1000 (CDN). It was a fantastic unit for it's time, and my friend still uses it exclusively. I find this unit sounds just as good if not better.

Scrolling through patches is not the greatest but you can work around it. How many different sounds do you REALLY need to have live??

This is the most bang for the buck I have seen so I give it a 10.

Easy to get some effects going, and editing isn't too hard. It takes a while to get used to what the little displays mean, like Hr and TD, etc.

I am using it with a boogie studio preamp as a cheap multi-effect. Not noisy. The sound is 'cheap'. Not great, not terrible, but you get what you pay for, if you know what I mean. I don't like the compressor though, but there are many okay reverbs and chorus is okay. Overall - as mentioned already, nothing great but okay for someone low on dollars.

This is why I am writing. I have had terrible moments with it. It would go bonkers and flip on and off uncontrollably. I thought it was the power supply and got it replaced. Didn't help. After months of embarrassing moments live, I opened it up today and found the problem. It was shorting out when pressure was applied underneath it. If I pressed on the battery location area, it would start go crazy. I applied plastic tape and some cardboard under the screw that holds the digital card, and I did the same on a 'thingy' sticking out just beside where you plug the power in. Yeah, I am not good with technical names for these things, but if you have similar problems and want to fix it, you can email me and I'll try to explain better. It works fine now, and I'm glad I figured it out. I was about to drive over it with my car.

Overall, it gets a 6 from me. Not great sounding, but okay for subtle use. It can sound very cheap if you pump in too many effects. Subtle use is the key for me. I am mostly rating it for the sound. Considering the problems I had with it, I think it was poorly designed, plus I had a bit of bad luck. If you buy one, first thing you should do is to apply firm pressure under the battery area when it is plugged in. If it goes bonkers, you know why!

This is fairly easy to use, I would recommend reading the manuel, especially since all of the amp models are abreviated. Three knobs to turn two footswitches. I don't know how easy it is compared to other multieffectpedals because this is my first and last. You can buy an expression pedal, but not just any kind, I tried that. If you find the best prices on expression pedals I found that it would be cheaper to buy the RP200. But easy to use good manual, not too complicated.

I use either an Ibanez GAX70 or a Fernandes Native into a 50 watt marshall. I used to use this pedal, but not anymore. Now I use a Boss DS-1 and some Ibanez pedals. The sound for the RP100 is great, at least that was my opinion. When I bought this I had been playing a year and a half, so I hadn't found my sound, and I had almost no clue about what sounds would be the best, so I loved this, I still use it a little. It has some good amp sims with good distortion and overdrive. I never use the compressor, noise gate, delay (because it sucks), or the reverb (if its built into your amp then why would you use it?), or the pickup simulator, but we'll get to that later. The effects are pretty good, the chorus flanger and phaser are the best the others are crap. I used the built in tuner, until i realized that it was tuning down a half step, then a whole, now it tunes one and a half steps down! I tried the pickup simulator, until that too broke. In all the sound was okay, too a beginner it woudl be worth it, but to anyone who wants a really good sound, buy a Boss DS-1 it can get you almost as many distortions as this, but they all sound ten times better, and the boss is only $40.

As I already said the thing is slowly breaking on me.

I had trouble with it once and they were helpful, then I had a few questions about putting an expression pedal in, they were rude and because of them I wasted $30 on a pedal that wouldn't work with the thing. Then later I had trouble with it breaking and they told me to do a factory reset, which did nothing but get rid of the patches that I had made.

I play punk and a little ska, not blink182 punk real punk. This thing was okay and i coudl get a few good sounds out of it, but its dying, I'm hoping that mine was just a dud and that no one else will have these problems, and I'm hoping that the people at costumer support were just a few duds themselves.

Easy, easy, easy......those who think it is not easy should stick to three knob-10 watt-practice amps. Dialing in custom sounds is a breeze.

I'm using a variety of guitars....a Strat, Tele, M77, and Starfire Special. I plug it into my '65 Twin Reverb Reissue, and am constantly amazed at the clear authentic sounds I get out of it.

The amp sims so suck, and I don't even bother with the gate or compression on this thing. However, I have found that the two sounds I can get "perfect" out of this are heavy distortion, and 50's Rockabilly "twang".

I wouldn't gig with it...don't trust it that much...I bought it to practice with in my apartment.

I've found the RP100 to be a good match to all the styles of music I enjoying playing.....Blues, Rockabilly, early Metal.

If it were stolen/lost I would replace it.